00:00but uh for right now let's set the stage for this because we did not have time for this in
00:04the first
00:04hour but if you missed it last night after the great orioles win 13-1 dominance over the st
00:11louis cardinals a game in which pete alonzo was his typical dominant self his hot streak rolls on
00:17four hits four rbis for him huge huge night he went yard again that's what 31 on the season now
00:24i mean this guy just won't quit but he was removed before the game was done um your narvaez pinch
00:30hit
00:31for him you know you have basayo move him over to first base what's the reason for this after the
00:37game uh craig albernaz asked about it is pete alonzo okay craig albernaz says quote yep precautionary
00:45game state get him off his feet obviously he was dealing with his calf so there was no point to
00:51push him there and we had the guys to go mix and match with sammy going to first and get
00:55narvi in
00:56behind the plate is this the same calf that was bothering him in tampa andy koska asks albernaz
01:02i didn't say anything was bothering him just said took him off his feet because of the tampa outing
01:07koska comes back so nothing's bothering him albernaz says please don't put words in my mouth thank you
01:14so it's just at best here and interested to hear the people's thoughts on this 4105831057 at best
01:24two guys on different sides of a semantics conversation it's not even really a debate here
01:30but the last part to me is just okay andy gives you one more so nothing's bothering him throw it
01:37out
01:38there here it's open question you put it to bed if you want to put it to bed if you
01:43want to keep it
01:43going that's on you buddy but i'm giving you a wide open thing anything bothering him easy answer
01:49here nope he's good just precautionary move on to the next question not even a conversation today but
01:55instead don't put words in my mouth trying to be the tough guy try we've seen every version of craig
02:01albernaz we're not even a full season yet we've had the comedian oh man he's been working the shows
02:06non-stop this year if it doesn't work i say it all the time if a joke doesn't work for
02:10him during the
02:11pre-game press conference there's still time there's still the late show waiting there's still
02:15that 10 o'clock show joke might land a little bit better there he's tried it usually doesn't land
02:20we've got testy albernaz we've had that a few times this is the most recent example i don't know man
02:26i'm
02:26not going to go too hard on this and i'm not really going to go too hard on albernaz because
02:31to be honest
02:31with you i don't really know what jurisdiction he has um that's probably the kindest way to put it
02:40we all knew the lineup thing and don't even give me the elias himself saying i don't make the lineup
02:46we just offer suggestions we know what that means and we've even before you made that comment we knew
02:52the writing was on the wall with the strategy of this organization and that's not even an orioles
02:56thing i mean you look around baseball there's a lot of gms there's a lot of front offices that are
03:01submitting the lineup to their manager it's not right it old school baseball purist or not it's
03:07not right but it's the way it is so i think it's extended beyond that and little things that i've
03:15gathered here and there but my my opinion 100 my opinion i don't think craig albernaz is really making
03:24many in-game decisions either i think there is directive from above before a game starts these are
03:31the guys that are working today out of the bullpen um you know if there's a pinch hitting situation
03:36and it's a lefty pitcher on the mound you're using this guy it's a righty pitcher on the mound you're
03:41using this guy and i think we're just at a point now where the modern manager has been stripped of
03:48any responsibility any power this might be taking it to a new level so how much of it is albernaz
03:56being
03:57inexperienced in the manager realm i don't know should that even matter no i mean you hired the
04:02guy it should be able to do the job that's how i would approach it but to bring it back
04:06to these
04:07comments last night and maybe i'm burying the lead here which is not this isn't about a poor choice of
04:12words or a weird testy back and forth for the reporter is pete alonzo actually okay i'm going to
04:18assume that albernaz pushing back this hard that yeah he's fine i got no problem with you taking him out
04:24of the game for god's sake it was 13 to 1 he doesn't need a fifth hit he did just
04:28fine last night
04:29but to me it shouldn't have even i shouldn't be talking about this right now that's the point and
04:34there's been a lot of other instances this year where craig albernaz by things that he said has
04:40created a conversation for us the next day i can hear the people already well you're the media and
04:46you do that and you run with it and you make fake narratives we're just having fun here man it's
04:51not
04:51that serious oftentimes but i would push back against that and say that these guys by choosing
04:57to make the comments that they make or do the things they do open themselves up for criticism
05:03it's the name of the game it's the name of the business i don't think i'm grasping at straws here
05:07at all or creating a narrative out of a narrative out of thin air it's not happening so for albernaz
05:13a
05:13guy who doesn't have a lot of control in my opinion over the day-to-day operation of this team
05:19or
05:19even the in-game decision making the one facet of your job that you do have a hundred percent
05:26control over is the words that come out of your mouth and there have been multiple times this year
05:31where i think we can all agree you made a clear mistake in your word choice is that the most
05:37important part of the job no probably not even close but those are the little things that start to
05:44add up those are the things that turn a fan base against you fair or unfair like i said man
05:50you
05:50the best answer here is no answer nothing's bothering alonzo is he hurt nope he's good he'll
05:59be back out there tomorrow that's all you had to say and as no one no one is going to
06:06be shocked to
06:06see pete alonzo take the field tonight it's what he does this should be a total nothing story right
06:12now but i i do not understand this and you won 13 to one what are you pissed about don't
06:20put words in
06:20my mouth you think that this media market the guys that gals that you talk to every day here in
06:26baltimore great media climate by the way love all the people here in the beat that join us on the
06:32fan
06:32incredible people the very giving with their time love hanging out love talking baseball with them
06:37we're not new york we're not even close to philadelphia give me a break this is not rabid
06:44this is not a tough media climate to navigate and i know you came from cleveland i'm sure it's probably
06:49pretty tame over there as well at least for the baseball side of things you have a gift here you
06:55have
06:55an absolute gift of a fan base that wants to love you that will pump with baseball even at its
07:03worst
07:03we will sit there and watch every single night we want to like you where it's not new york where
07:09they
07:09hire a guy how can i figure out a way to hate this guy how can i figure out a
07:13way in his introductory
07:14press conference to already make up everything i need to know about this guy that's new york that's
07:19philly and it's fun and it works for him but that's not us and it doesn't need to be us
07:24so craig albernaz i don't know man one one area where i would be the most critical of him
07:30is comments and word choice quite a few mistakes this year this one being the latest example let's
07:37take a time out when we come back we can get your phone calls on the subject if you want
07:41to hop in
07:42if not i'm going to talk a little bit of ravens here and their schedule because
07:46yeah
07:46because
07:47yeah
07:47but
